#imaginary realm

[rainbillcipher]

Bex: Circa 2016/17 Caida and I went to the Gravity Falls universe to hunt some anomalies. What type of anomalies? You'll see.

Bill: BTW this is waaaay before she and I met. And it's still 2012 in-universe.

EDIT: Added page 2 as I intended to do. decided I only wanna color fun things, not scenery, since I'm working on other bigger comics elsewhere. This is just a fun one.

[paracosmspring]

The Imaginary Realm

Also called the Cognitive Realm, Conceptual Realm, Trivial Realm, or Cartoon World.

The Imaginary Realm is the realm made from our collective thoughts, dreams, imaginations, and fears. Every story told or character created lives its life in this realm.

It is separated from our world (the Real World) by a veil called The Fourth Wall, named after the invisible wall separating a movie/play from its audience. This wall prevents characters from physically entering our world, so they can only do so through media. Likewise, it is hidden from our side and so we can usually only enter the imaginary world through our minds.

Major Places:

Crossroads

The Hub

Strange Tides/Tides of Time

First Forest

Old Ruins (School of Athens)

Cartoon School

Pastures of Innocence

The Clubhouse

Lyceum

Paracosm Springs

Plains of Thought

Nightmare Realm

Related Topics:

Fourth Wall Junction Real World Domains Entering the Imaginary Realm

[lullomakin]

Did @zeiva girls in maker because I love them so much//

From first to last: Zelan (Genetic Glow), Rosey (Imaginary Realm), Princess(Other Age), Essi(X-note), Elcia (Area-X).

[zeiva]

Happy New Year, Zeiva! Wishing you a very happy, healthy, and successful 2020! :) I love the games you make, and recently just had a blast playing OASE. I finally got the best ending for Athear, and I was wondering if there is supposed to be a love story between her and Dornick, or did I get the wrong idea? Also, do you and Nitarou have any plans to make more Imaginary Realm/Realm Phantasma games? I would love to see where the story goes!

Thank you! Happy new year to you, too!

Actually, I have no idea about that question, so I went ahead and asked Nitarou, the original creator.

Me: Is there any romance between Dornick and Athear?Nitarou: I don’t know.Nitarou: They respect each other. There could be more or not.Me: So, it’s up to your imagination?Nitarou: Yup.Nitarou: The only canon couple is Goani x Berries! Me: Σ( ￣□￣|||)

For now, there doesn’t seem to be anything between them, but since I’m the writer and I like to have some romance in my stories, so who knows what will happen if we actually make the continuation.

As for future plans, yes, we do have ideas for it. There are still lots of mysteries and stories left to be told. Sadly, due to its lack of popularity, we have to delay making it for the time being. Someday, someday... I’ll make it... hopefully. lllorz

[zeiva]

I'm sorry for asking such a silly question but I've been wondering about it since Imaginary Realm 2. Do Yumbrad and Rosey really dislike each other? Or there is a little sympathy between them? Loving all your games! Good luck with Anicon!

Yes, they do dislike each other, at least in the second game. I originally planned Imaginary Realm to have 7 episodes, and their relationship will be explored more in the later episodes. I’ve scrapped that idea ever since I decided to rebrand the game to Realm Phantasma. Right now, I have no idea when I will work on it. Maybe in the far future. ^^;

Thank you! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

[paracosmspring]

The Fourth Wall

Definition: Like the barrier between the stage and audience, this separates the fictional universes from our world.

It isn’t a physical place, but more of a conceptual “membrane” or force that will repel any realworlders or cartoons from crossing from the real world to the imaginary world and vice-versa.

Who can cross the Fourth Wall?

There are exceptions. When a realworlder is called to the trivial world, they can easily find one of the liminal spots that transports them to the story worlds. Fictional characters who venture from their worlds often become a shade of themselves fi they find these liminal spots. Usually kids see them and become “imaginary friends”.

Usually a fictional character can only interact with the world through their media’s fourth wall. For cartoons, video games, shows, or movies this is the tv screen. For books it’s the actual writing or physical book, so it’s hard to interact directly.

Sometimes, fictional characters from one creator will interact through fan art of themselves. The fan art or fan fiction isn’t binding on them (in other words Fanon will not become canon to them) but they can be affected by a lot of people believing the same ideas. Usually this Fanon effect will only affect the domain leader, and it doesn’t influence their behavior. They can chose to call attention to it, tell other characters, act it out, or ignore it completely.

The Fourth Wall and Junction

Think of the fourth wall as the cell wall to junction’s cytoplasm. Junction contains the domains and conceptual realm, and the fourth wall provides the barrier between it and the real world.

The only difference is the further you go into the Conceptual realm, the bigger it is. It also becomes less real as you go. Like Aslan’s country in Narnia: “further up and further in”

One interpretation of the fourth wall in relation to the real world and imaginary world. This depiction shows the wall as a barrier around the imaginary world, when in truth, it exists in the real world and the imaginary one.

[thedragonbloodtree-blog]

Shadows of the Apt by Tár Ættar. Please retain creator’s credit and link; thank you. This is based on the novel Shadows of the Apt: Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky.    

[mythicrealms]

Snowy Sky. By Kazumasa Uchio. Please retain artist’s credit; thank you!